Screen LibraryImage and myth : a history of pictorial narration in Greek art /
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 335 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780226297651 (cloth : alkaline paper) : 0226297659 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | N5633 |
| CLC: | J154.5 |
| Call Number: | J154.5/G537 |
| Contents: | The pictorial deluge and the study of visual cultures -- Images and texts compared: a diagnosis of contrasts. Revisiting Lessing's Laocoon ; Taking Lessing beyond Lessing -- Images of the world: the eighth century. The shield of Achilleus: description and narration ; Fighting lions ; Seafarer's farewell ; Siamese twins ; Aristocratic life and aristocratic death ; Warriors to sea -- The advent of pictorial narratives in the seventh century. The horse on wheels ; Polyphemos, the defenseless giant ; Epic or folktale? ... |